"EMPTY FIELDS?" You heard being screamed again and again... "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ME TO HAVE EMPTY FIELDS? No seeding? No plowing?! and NO HARVESTING?!?!?" being shouted in anger and confusion. An officer of the Farm Security Administration was at the Wilson Wheat Farm trying to explain how the Agricultural Adjustment Act was planning on controlling the value of crops by balancing the amount of crop supplied with the demand for that crop. By paying farmers to leave some sections of their farms empty they could control over production thus matching the amount of crops supplied with the demand. This also helped farmers maintain the integrity of the soil in their fields by not over-farming and allowing for proper crop rotation. Your neighbor was flabbergasted by being paid more to work less but thankful the government was helping him to keep his farm.
"EMPTY FIELDS?" You heard being screamed again and again... "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ME TO HAVE EMPTY FIELDS? No seeding? No plowing?! and NO HARVESTING?!?!?" being shouted in anger and confusion. An officer of the Farm Security Administration was at the Wilson Wheat Farm trying to explain how the Agricultural Adjustment Act was planning on controlling the value of crops by balancing the amount of crop supplied with the demand for that crop. By paying farmers to leave some sections of their farms empty they could control over production thus matching the amount of crops supplied with the demand. This also helped farmers maintain the integrity of the soil in their fields by not over-farming and allowing for proper crop rotation. Your neighbor was flabbergasted by being paid more to work less but thankful the government was helping him to keep his farm.